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Suggest Treatment For Pain In Arm
Hi, I recently popped my shoulder out of place boxing, it immediately popped back in but it has been very very painful the last two days. It hurts to write, bend, lift anything and the area below my clavical is very sore to the touch. The pain runs the entire way down my arm. I have been icing it and It hasn t helped. Should I be concerned?
Tue, 25 Nov 2014
Hello,
Thanks for your query.
It seems that you have suffered a sprain of shoulder and arm muscles during the boxing. Such minor sprains usually take 7-10 days to resolve.
1. Give enough rest to your arm muscle. Avoid workouts and lifting weights with the arm till acute pain subsides completely.
2. Take mild pain killers like acetaminophen or ibuprofen.
3. Stronger prescription NSAIDS with muscle relaxants may help if simple analgesics do not help. You can consult your orthopedician for prescriptions.
4. Hot compresses to your arm will be useful pain relieving measure. You may apply a local analgesic gel on that area.
This should slowly subside with hot fomentation and proper relaxation.
In case, It does not subside on its own or it is associated with severe pain, and swelling around the area, it could indicate a tear of one of the muscle fibres.
I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.
Take care
Thanks for your query.
It seems that you have suffered a sprain of shoulder and arm muscles during the boxing. Such minor sprains usually take 7-10 days to resolve.
1. Give enough rest to your arm muscle. Avoid workouts and lifting weights with the arm till acute pain subsides completely.
2. Take mild pain killers like acetaminophen or ibuprofen.
3. Stronger prescription NSAIDS with muscle relaxants may help if simple analgesics do not help. You can consult your orthopedician for prescriptions.
4. Hot compresses to your arm will be useful pain relieving measure. You may apply a local analgesic gel on that area.
This should slowly subside with hot fomentation and proper relaxation.
In case, It does not subside on its own or it is associated with severe pain, and swelling around the area, it could indicate a tear of one of the muscle fibres.
I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.
Take care
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